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    " Another attempt to remove some imperfections in our ecclesiastical institutions , and to supply or c ¥ t&pitie ^ brn ' e' things that were wanting" , was r t ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ Xra &M ff ^< oteShia daughter and Met husband to the throne . f ) n Semempef 13 r n > 89 , 11 couimisf ^ Was ; ^^ Itfep&re mattera to be considered : ty ^ ^ i $ mffi yme ^ Mffit feWs commission was the improvement of e ^ c ^ slksti ^ k \ Ty and aTiothetW '^ s'i ^

    reformation of the ecclesiastical courts , ^ yJ ^ jsgjjB , - ^ . Vyher , ea « t ( ie ^ opk of Canons 19 M to be revie ^^ # n $ ; , ^ Church ; an $ whereas thers are defeq ^ aDL ^ ^ b ^ ei . ^ theeC f ^^^ fic ^^ jqu ^ s and jurisdictions ; and particularly tik $ x $ M . ^ f > % su ^ cjien |; pi ; qyis ^ nja ^ , fpr removing of scandalous ministers , ana for the reformi ng of niapuer 3 ^ iiher ; in ministers or people , ' &c , &e . Several of the ^ is ^ ops $ q wjipm i ^ e ! comqQjission was addressed were able and learned men ; an 4 pf t )) e tweirityjfovines , some were among the most distinguished ornaments of the Church p £ 'Eng land ; for instance , Stillingfleet , and Patrick , an 4 SEarp , and . Beveriilge , and Burnet , and Tillotson . The heart-burniags occasioned by the great Rebellion , however , were not yet laid to rest , and the Revolution had just given a

    fresh impulse to unquiet ana hostile party-feelings . Some of the commissioners named by the king either dia not appear , or soon deserted their breiiiren . * The great majority of them , however , engaged zealously in the work ^ . It must be acknowledged , that the alterations suggested by these cqiqmissioners , though dictated b y a genuine spirit of conciliation , were greatly too extensive . Much of what they proposed might be adopted with great benefit to the Church . But the spirit of the times was most unfavourable for ; the work ; and the attempt at improvement was altogether abortive . of

    ( : \ ' * T ^ us has the Church England gone on from the commencement of the refornaation of religion until the present time , a period of almost three hundred years , acknowledging and lamenting her own incompleteness in 'aqine , important ; particulars , but prevented by some extraneous circumstances fjEOtnaj ^ yjb ^ . ;

    V ; I ^^^ P ^ d& ^ der that inmn ^ stj ^ l ^ term ' iMraov ^ meWte was kdesire ] t 6 ^) i ^\ iaM ^ % 'i ^ ji ^ Qf ^ i ^ k ^ 9 in ^ r n ^ q ) re £ o # tr ^ Il * ngj relation to the qhptehy , ljj . i ^ . $ Qm . ew nat curjuoijj to see hqw muc }| ' -inoT $ efiiqiend ( y that object b ^ s feenj $$$$ < $ in modern tinges by Catholic sovereigns , who have made themselves , f o * many practical purposes , much more completely , and indeed usefully , " headsQf thetehufcch > * than

    o « r motrarchs did , by seeking to accomplish their object through a complete sepai ^ atibn . Their people carried them zealoiisly through the doctriiiatl ' tMrt bf the separation , and those jptactical measures of relief from PsLtisii Mnc ^ e in which they were peculiarly interested ; but owing to variousi rirctos ^ tiaes , Arising p rincipally out of the peculiarities of our constitution , the ^ lesjasticsil polity whjich succeeded the old 9 pe ha ? remained in the strangest 4 egi ^ ee impier ^ pt /! fli e rights of p ^ pperty have interfered with any salu ^ ry prpvisiopei for the equal dispQ » itio » # f a revenue fully adequate to , all proper

    exigenciesiof / anfestabliahnaent ( if , duly administered . A reasonable * jealousy has always ' existed as to trdstirig ' the ecclesiastical authorities with more kgal or political power , and'an e ^ lMl ^ j ^ altlu ^ r ' Oti the part of the c hurch hab ; on the other hand ; breveted lihe ^^' rYtthi ^ bp ^^ irig that direct itiflu ' e ' hc ^ 'knd practical auth 6 ntyVH ^ h s 6 W ) ^ CatW ^ have establish'iUfl Scerase at this momexi ^ ( pWtelwM only to cures , ) in a manner which throws oujjrrotestant e 3 tablis ^ toent i ^ to a very disadvantageous comparison . As it is , the main end of jthe state ' s

    * " Birch ' ts Life of Tillotaon . "

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    Church R&form . 825

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1828, page 825, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2567/page/25/